India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse
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Re: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse
#2Just about a decade ago Microsoft faced similar charges for bundling IE with Windows OS. By the time the dust settled on all litigations, the competition was decimated or attenuated to stay in business.
Re: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse
#3Recently there was this too (made quite some noise on social networks) : https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/05/08/kiwi-browser-remove...
Ok, this story is more about Google Play Store but I feel like there is maybe (in my opinion) some conflict and abuse of dominant position here too.
Felt like it was relevant will all the other Google stories in the last days (Nest for ex.)
Re: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse
#4Just about a decade ago Microsoft faced similar charges for bundling IE with Windows OS. By the time the dust settled on all litigations, the competition was decimated or attenuated to stay in business.
Windows isn't open source though.
Re: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse
#5Make it "punishable by up to 5% of global turnover over last three years" (kinda similar to GDPR) and stand back and see how quickly Google (I'm looking at you too Facebook, and Amazon) will change their shit show. India is at a position of strength wrt Google, Amazon, and Fb to easily force them to play nice. Now if only they realized it.
Re: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse
#6Just about a decade ago Microsoft faced similar charges for bundling IE with Windows OS. By the time the dust settled on all litigations, the competition was decimated or attenuated to stay in business.
Windows isn't open source though.
Neither is Android.
AOSP is a very small part of what actually makes Android on the eyes of consumers.
Re: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse
#7Isn't it election time in India?
Re: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse
#8Make it "punishable by up to 5% of global turnover over last three years" (kinda similar to GDPR) and stand back and see how quickly Google (I'm looking at you too Facebook, and Amazon) will change their shit show. India is at a position of strength wrt Google, Amazon, and Fb to easily force them to play nice. Now if only they realized it.
it's india, i doubt anything will happen besides some combination of judge/businessman/politician getting their hands nice and greased up. only reason they even care is because the EU got google to cough up already, they're in it for their pound of flesh.
Re: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse
#9Recently there was this too (made quite some noise on social networks) : https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/05/08/kiwi-browser-remove... Ok, this story is more about Google Play Store but I feel like there is maybe (in my opinion) some conflict and abuse of dominant position here too. Felt like it was relevant will all the other Google stories in the last days (Nest for ex.)
For people who want this feature, consider NewPipe on F-Droid. A perfect example how a proprietary "app" does not do what you want whereas a FOSS app does.
Re: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Windows isn't open source though.
Neither is Android. AOSP is a very small part of what actually makes Android on the eyes of consumers.
Depending on how "what actually makes Android on the eyes of consumers" is defined, it's certainly possible to minimize the role of AOSP.
At the same time, we're getting articles talking about how Microsoft is now an "open source company" because their proprietary operating system can run Linux and some open source apps: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/05/microsoft-the-open-s...